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Topic: Torrential rain last night......

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seefman

16/6/2009 at 10:00am
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Anyone camping on Monday night? What tent have you got and how did it hold up to the downpour?

sunvalleysue

16/6/2009 at 10:32am
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Glad i wasn't in the tent when this lot came down.Hailstones as big as marbles...

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maxee1

16/6/2009 at 10:48am
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It was like that a week last Sunday when we were on our hols down in Devon (Woodland Springs) It collapsed the back end of our Vango Sumatra with the weight of the hailstones Luckily all was well after hubby swept them off. Never seen anything like it, the whole site was white and with it came the thunder and lightning!

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superpup

16/6/2009 at 10:54am
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the weather was the same here in gateshead on monday night. about 5 pm. i was half asleep. when suddenly, BOOM BOOM BOOM. what a racket from the thunder. scared the hell out of my kitty. and she is blind so had no idea what to do. had to hold her in my arms and talk to her. and the hailstones. yeah. like minature rocks. not sure my old tent would have coped with that. new one yes.

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maxee1

16/6/2009 at 12:25pm
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Quote: Originally posted by superpup on 16/6/2009
the weather was the same here in gateshead on monday night. about 5 pm. i was half asleep. when suddenly, BOOM BOOM BOOM. what a racket from the thunder. scared the hell out of my kitty. and she is blind so had no idea what to do. had to hold her in my arms and talk to her. and the hailstones. yeah. like minature rocks. not sure my old tent would have coped with that. new one yes.

Awww poor kitty When we had a storm yesterday ours didnt blink an eye - me on the other hand was petrified!

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scarymamma

16/6/2009 at 9:15pm
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We had the storm from 1 'til 2.30 - thunder/lightening/torrential rain but no hail stones in Leeds, The trains across the Pennines were totally messed up tho'.

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dadsbeaniemad

16/6/2009 at 10:26pm
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Happened here at 3pm but was gone around 7pm.

We have Forrest School/Outdoor community after school on Monday nights from 3.30- 7.30.

They rigged a tarp over the climbing frame in our playground/wildlife area and we got a good campfire going so its wasn't too bad. The children enjoyed it every bit as much as they did it he previous two weeks in the sun.

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